Lubricator.



PATENTBD OCT. 24, 1905.

W. J. TAYLOR. LUBRIGATOR.

PPLIOATION FILED MAR. 6,1903.

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w. J. T AYLOR.

LUBRIGATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 6, 1963.

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TINTTED STATES PATENT QFFTCE.

LUBRICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed March 6, 1903. Serial No. 146,534.

To all whom, iv may concern:

Be it known that I, (VILLIAM J. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lubricators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in lubricators.

The object of my invention is to provide a lubricator with novel means by which the lubricator-reservoir may be filled with oil without affecting the feeding of the oil therefrom.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, I have shown my invention applied to an ordinary type of lubricator, in which the oil is fed therefrom by the pressure of water supplied by the condensation of steam.

Figure 1 is a side elevation view. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a plan view, some of the parts being shown in horizontal section. Fig. 4 shows the twoway conductor and the lower end of the up per reservoir in vertical section, and the lower reservoir shown detached from the conductor, partly in vertical section and partly in elevation. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the lower end of the condenser, the valve controlling the passage of water therefrom, and some of the parts connected therewith. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the dotted line a b of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section taken on the dotted line 0 (Z of Fig. 4.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts.

1 indicates the main reservoir of an ordinary lubricator, to the upper end of which is a valve-opening 8 into another chamber 9, the lower end of which is connected to the upper end of a vertical pipe 10, which extends downward within and nearly to the bottom of the reservoir 1. The lower or discharge end of the pipe 10 serves as the water-inlet of the reservoir 1. An ordinary horizontal valve 11, mounted in the wall of the reservoir 1, controls the opening 8. In openings provided therefor, one above the other, in one side of the reservoir 1 are mounted the two fittings 12 and 13, respectively, provided each witha passage therethrough connecting with the interior of the reservoir 1. An ordinary glass gage-tube 14 is mounted vertically in the ordinary manner between the fittings 12 and 13. A vertical valve 15 is mounted in and controls the feeding of oil through the fitting 13. A pipe 16, located within the reservoir 1, has its lower end secured to the inner end of the fitting 13, from which it extends horizontally inward and then upward to near the upper end of the oil-chamber in the reservoir 1, the upper end of the pipe 16 serving as an oil-outlet for the reservoir 1.

. In the wall of the reservoir 1, opposite the fitting 12, is provided an opening in which is secured one end of a horizontal pipe 17, the other end of which is connected to one end of a valve-casing 18, the other end of which is connected to the pipe 6. The said valve-casing 18 is provided with a passage 19, controlled by a horizontal valve-stem 20. A horizontal pipe 21 extends through the reservoir 1 and has its ends connected, respectively, to the inner end. of the fitting 12 and to the inner end of the pipe 17.

Opposite the glass tube 14 is a vertical glass tube 22, the upper and lower ends of which are secured, respectively, in the fittings 23 and 24, each provided with a passage connecting withv the interior of the reservoir 1 and the tube 22. The said two fittings 23 and 24 are secured, respectively, in openings provided therefor, one above the other, in the wall of the reservoir 1. Water or oil in the reservoir 1 passes through the fittings 23 and 24 into the glass tube 22, by observing which can be determined the amount of oil or water in the reservoir 1.

The lower end of the reservoir 1 is provided with a vertical screw threaded opening in which is fitted the screw-threaded upper end of a vertical conductor 25, provided with two vertical parallel passages therethrough, (indicated, respectively, by 26 and 27 In a IIO transverse tapering horizontal hole extending through the conductor 25 and intercepting the passages 26 and 27 is fitted a rotatable valve 28, provided with two parallel transverse holes 29 and 30, respectively adapted, when the valve 28 is turned to the proper position, to register, respectively, with the passages 26 and 27. In the screw-threaded upper end of the passage 26 is fitted the screwthreaded lower end of a vertical tube 31, which extends upwardly'in and to near the top of the oil-chamber of the reservoir 1. In the screw-threaded lower end of the passage 27 is fitted the screw-threaded upper end of a vertical tube 32, which extends downward within and to near the bottom of the vertical cylindrical reservoir 33, adapted to contain oil and water and provided in its upper end with a vertical screw-threaded opening fitted to the screw-threaded lower end of the conductor 25 and encircling the passages 26 and 27. For convenience in ai -fixing the reservoir 33 to or detaching it from the conductor 25 diametrically opposite horizontal lugs 34 are provided on the periphery of the supplemental reservoir 33. The lower end of the reservoir 33 is provided with an opening in which is secured an ordinary stop-cock 35. Means of access to the interior of the reservoir 1 are provided in an inclined screw-threaded hole 36 in the upper end of the reservoir 1, said hole being normally closed by a screw-threaded plug 37.

In operating my invention the valve 28 is turned to the position shown in Fig. 6, thus closing the two passages 26 and 27 The valves 4:, 11, and 20 are then opened, thus permitting steam to pass from the pipe 6 through the pipes 3 and 5 and past the valve 4 into the condenser 2, in which the steam is condensed and passes in the form of water through the chambers 7 and 9, opening 8, and pipe 10 into the oil-cham ber of the reservoir 1, forcing any oil therein to the upper part of the reservoir, from which it passes into the tube 16. The sight-tube 22 also becomes filled partly with water of condensation as the oil therein is forced upwardly by the water admitted. The valve 15 is then adjusted so that the proper feed of oil shall take place from the reservoir 1 into the glass tube 14, through the fitting 13, and into the fitting 12, from which it passes by the tube 21, pipe 17, and valve-casing 18 into the steampipe 6, by which itis conveyed downward into the steam chest or cylinder. in which it is to be used for lubrication purposes. If it is desired to fill the reservoir 1 without affecting the feed of the oil therefrom, the supplemental reservoir 33 is detached from the conductor 25 by unscrewing therefrom. The valve or stop-cock 35 is then turned to the position shown in Fig. t to permit the escape of any water held therein. After the water has been ejected the cock is turned to the position shown in oil due to its increased heat.

Fig. 2, after which the reservoir 33 is filled through the opening in the top with oil. The reservoir is then replaced on the conductor 25 and the valve 28. turned to the position shown in Fig. 2, in which the two holes 29 gravity the oil held therein, which passes through the passage 26 and hole 29 into the tube 31, out of the upper end of which it emerges into the upper end of the reservoir 1. The water passing from the reservoir 1 into the reservoir 33 will displace an equal volume of oil, and if the reservoir 33 is made of a size about equal to the reservoir 1 the oil from the reservoir 33 will fill the reservoir 1. The upper end of the oil-pipe 31 being located above the water-inlet or lower end of the water-pipe 10, the oil will not pass through the water and will be delivered uncontaminated with dirt or iron-rust that may be carried by the water entering through the pipe 10. As long as any oil remains in the reservoir 1 the reservoir can be filled without affecting the ieeding of oil therefrom, as the water withdrawn from the reservoir 1 will be immediately replaced by oil from the reservoir 33. Therefore after the valve 15 has once been set to feed a given amount of oil it need not be closed or changed, and the feed of oil will not be altered. as the oil fed into the reservoir 1 will be heated, by passing through the tube 31, to the same degree of heat as the oil held in the said reservoir. In filling the reservoir 1 as commonly used the plug 37 is removed and the oil fed into the reservoir 1 through the opening 36, the valves 20 and 4t having been first closed to shut off pressure from the steam-pipe 6. The oil thus placed in the reservoir 1 is not of the same degree of heat at first as it is later, when it becomes heated by the hot-water passing into the reservoir from the condenser 2. The result is that the feed varies, and the valve 15 must be regulated or not sufficient oil will be supplied past the valve 15. As the oil becomes heated the valve 15 must then be again regulated to suit the change of density of the It will therefore be observed that with the use of my invention it is not necessary to stop the feeding of the oil; but the reservoir 1 may be filled without variation of the density of the oil in the same, and the feeding of the oil will consequently be regular at all times.

My invention may be varied in many ways without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In alubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir having a water-inlet, of the lower reservoir, a conductor having two pas- IIC IIE

sages connecting the two reservoirs, a tube extending from one passage into the upper reservoir and to a point above the water-inlet thereof, and a tube extending from the other passage downwardly into the lower reservoir.

2. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir having a water-inlet, of the lower reservoir, a conductor having two passages connecting the two reservoirs, a tube extending from one passage into the upper reservoir and to a point above the water-inlet thereof, a tube extending from the other passage downwardly into the lower reservoir, and a valve controlling said passages.

3. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir, of a water-pipe located in the reservoir and having its discharge end located in the lower end of the reservoir, the lower reservoir, a conductor having two passages connecting the two reservoirs, a tube extending from one passage into the upper reservoir to a point above the discharge end of the water-pipe, and a tube extending downwardly into the lower reservoir from the other of said passages.

4:. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir, having a water-inlet adjacent itslower end, of alower reservoir, a conductor having tv passages connecting the two reservoirs, a pipe extending from one passage upwardly into the upper reservoir to a point above the water-inlet thereof, a tube extending downwardly into the lower reservoir from the other passage, and anoil-discharge pipe in the upper reservoir having its open upper end disposed above the water-inlet.

5. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir having a water-inlet in its lower end and an oil-outlet adjacent its upper end, of the lower reservoir, a conductor having two passages connecting the two reservoirs, a tube extending from one passage upwardly into the upper reservoir to a point above the water-inlet, a tube extending downwardly from the other passage into the lower reservoir, and means for controlling the passage of fluid through said passages.

6. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir having a water-inlet adjacent its lower end and an oil-outlet adjacent its upper end, of the lower reservoir, a conductor having two passages connecting the two reservoirs, a tube extending from one passage upwardly into the upper reservoir to a point above the water-inlet, and a tube extending downwardly from the other passage into the lower reservoir.

7. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir having a water-inlet adjacent its lower end and an oil-outlet adjacent its upper end, of the lower reservoir, a conductor having two passages connecting the two reservoirs, a tube extending from one passage upwardly into the upper reservoir to a point above the water-inlet, a tube extending from the other passage downwardly into thelower reservoir, and a valve controlling-said passages.

8. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir having a water-inlet, of the lower reservoir having in its lower end a wateroutlet, a valve controlling said outlet, a conductor having two passages connecting the two reservoirs, a tube extending upwardly from one passage into the upper reservoir to a point above the water-inlet, and a tube extending downwardly from the other passage into the lower reservoir.

9. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir having a water-inlet adjacent its lower end and an oil-outlet adjacent its upper end, of the lower reservoir having a water-outlet adjacent its lower end, a Valve controlling the said outlet, a conductor having two passages connecting the two reservoirs, a tube extending from one passage to a point in the upper reservoir above the water-inlet, a tube extending from the other passage downwardly into the lower reservoir, and a valve controlling the said two passages.

10. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir having a water-pipe located therein with its discharge end adjacent the lowerend of the reservoir, of the lower reservoir having adjacent its lower end a water-outlet, a valve controlling said outlet, a conductor having two passages connecting said two reservoirs, a valve controlling said passages, a tube extending from one passage into the upper reservoir to a point above the discharge end of the water-pipe, and a tube extending from the other passage downwardly into the lower reservoir.

11. In a lubricator, the combination with the upper reservoir having a water-inlet adjacent its lower end and an oil-outlet adjacent its upper end, of a conductor connected at its upper end to the said reservoir and having a screw-threaded lower end and provided with two passages connecting with the upper reservoir, a valve controlling said passages, the lower reservoir having its upper end provided with a screw-threaded opening fitted to the threaded lower end of the conductor and connecting with said two passages, a tube extending from one of said passages into the upper reservoir to a point above the water-inlet, and a tube extending into the lower reservoir from the other passage.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

WARREN D. HOUSE, HENRY F. Rose. 

